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GLOVE.

Patented June 28, 1898.

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LEONIDAS A. VAN PRAAG, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,399, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed November 21, 1896. Renewed December 4, 1897. Serial No. 660,800. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIDAS A. VAN PRAAG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York. and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in finger-tipped gloves irrespective of the material of which they are made, but especially applicable to cloth or knitted gloves.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of a glove-blank, showing the method of forming the reinforcing-tips.

Fig. 2 illustrates the same view as in Fig. 1, the tips being folded over into the position they occupy in the completed glove. Fig. 3 illustrates a blank for the thumb, showing to the reinforcing-tips in their projected position. Fig. 4: illustrates the same view as in Fig. 3, the tips being folded overinto position.

Fig. 5 illustrates a plan View of a completed glove, the halves thereof having been folded 2 over one upon the other and stitched to gether.

A illustrates a single piece of the goods or the blank from which the glove complete (except the thumb) and all the tips are made. It

is out double or in halves, as now Well understood.

B illustrates the thumb-hole.

C O are the halves of the index-finger; D D, the halves of the second finger; E E, the

3 5 halves of the third finger; F F, the halves of the little finger. I

The tips or reinforcing-pieces of the indexfinger are seen at a a, projecting at the ends of the halves composing that finger.- The tips of the second finger are shown atb b,

for the little finger are seen at (Z d, projecting beyond the ends of the halves composing that finger.

In cutting out the blank the dies or cutters are so formed that the several above-stated tips or reinforcing-pieces are cut out all in one operation with the cutting of the fingers, the thumbdlole, and exterior outline of the hand, and at the base of each tip a non-sev cred portion of the stock (shown at e e, &c., Fig. 1) is left, which permanently attaches each tip to the glove body or blank, and the cutter or die is also so shaped thatthe ends of the fingers and the corresponding portions of the tips are given the desired rounding outline to exactly coincide with each other and to give the desired shape to the ends of fingers when finished, as seen at the notches and corners f f, 85c. w m represent the line on which the blank is folded.

The thumb is made in substantially the same manner as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5that is to say, G is the blank, and g g are the tips which project laterally from the blank, and 0c 00 is the line on which the thumbblank is folded.

It will be observed that by my invention I secure several important advantages never before attained, so far as I am aware- 5. 6., first, saving of material, because all the tips are obtained from pieces which would ordinarily be severed from the blank and become waste, and that this result is attained by forming some of the'tips on the ends of the fingers and some of them on the sides thereof, so that the blanks need be but very slightly, if any, longer than they would be were the tips not integral with them; second, the tips are permanently attached to the fingers, and consequently the annoying and eX- pensive operation of picking up the tips as separate parts and applying the proper tips to their appropriate fingers is done away with; third, much greater strength issecured, because the stock is not severed throughout, but, on the contrary, much of it is left intact; fourth, there is exact coincidence in shape between the ends of the fingers and their respective tips, which insures accurate and firm stitching; fifth, a considerable portion of the stitching is saved, because none is necessary where the stock is not cut; sixth, the finger ends and the tips being cut in the first instance to the exact shape of the eompletedfin gers much time and trouble are saved,because when the tips are turned in and'the glove folded upon itself the edges of the finger ends act as guides to the stitching, which is not the case when the finger ends are trimmed after the stitching is done, and thestock being cut to the exact shape of the finger ends in the first instance no subsequent trimming is necessary, which is not only expensive, but also greatly weakens the product, because "of its cutting off the connecting portion between the end of the finger and its tip.

The invention is applicable, in part, at least, to gloves that are not cut double or in two parts or halves.

In the claims hereof I consider the thumb as one of the fingers of the glove.

I claim 1. A finger-tipped glove, the finger portions whereof have integral tip-reinforcements attached to them, and projecting therefrom as follows: from the index-finger endwise from the second finger, sidewise; from the third finger sidewise, and from the little finger endwise, for the purposes set forth.

2. A finger-tipped glove made in two parts, each part having one half of each finger, and each half of each finger having an integral tipreinforcement attached to it, and projecting therefrom, as follows: from the index-finger endwise; from the second finger sidewise; from the third finger sidewise, and from the little finger endwise,for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 18th day of NOVGIIIbGIQ'A. D. 1896.

LEONIDAS A. VAN PRAAG.

Vitnesses:

PHILLIPS ABBOTT, D. SoLIs RITTERBAND. 

